CATL unveils battery with 12-minute charging and 1.5 million mile life

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• Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I first ran into this story on /r/energy (yeah, I cheated on Beehaw because I had to see what was going on in /r/journalism with the Post news), and while most comments were useful, there was also a tinge of “but it’s China, so that’s bad.”

  Well, we were on our way to building up production and infrastructure here in the U.S., which I know because I fucking covered federal grants for green-energy projects and battery production until being laid off Jan. 20, 2025.

  I mean, this is like complaining that another kid has a chocolate bar on the playground and you don’t. China invests for the long term. The U.S. needs quarterly returns. We did a lot better at advancing the state of the art in everything when we had robust corporate R&D departments than we do going with share buybacks.

  We have lost our edge. Period, graf.

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  • xoggy@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    It’s not a “China so it’s bad”. Moreso to do with the fact this Chinese-based industry constantly make wild claims about batteries with zero backups to their claims.

    livescience.com/…/betavolt-bv100-radioactive-batt…

    No surprise when people are quick to dismiss a habitual liar.

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    • Powderhorn@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I’ve been living exclusively off Chinese-made solar panels and batteries for nearly two and a half years. I don’t exactly view them as liars.

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• Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That longevity likely exceeds the life of the car.

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  • veeesix@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’d be kind of neat to take the battery from your old vehicle and port it to your new one. An automotive BYOB, if you will.

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  • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, make it swappable so it can be put into another car? Or use it as energy storage at home?

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Good ideas, but you’re missing the biggie - multigenerational cars.

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